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Oklahoma City gave Houston Rockets surprised with 119-107 points victory over them. OKC's 4 players scored 20+ points in a game. This feat achieved since 1976 as they were as a team of Supersonic. Now OKC bounces back in a series with a win but there was no Russell Westbrook due to an injury. If Russell Westbrook will be back it will be tough for OKC to win any game.   


OKC is a team of 3 guards and all of them are high caliber guards. OKC is one of the best teams in the NBA when it comes to the clutch moments of a game. OKC has a best record in a clutch moment 30-14 and they show in this game why are they best in the clutch.  


First Quarter


Houston Rockets started a game with strong momentum with 12 points lead as Houston Rocket's guard James Harden scored off the glass when 3:20 minutes left in the first quarter. Houston Rocket's got 6 points lead in the first quarter of the game.  


Second Quarter


In a second-quarter, Alexander scored a bucket off the glass to cut a lead to 2 points with 6:40 minutes to go. 3:35 minutes to go in the second quarter, Chris Paul with nice in and out dribble pullup and drew a foul for 3 points play. 1:55 to go, James Harden shaken his defender and scored a bucket to give a lead of 7 points. 1:02 minutes remaining in the quarter, Schroder came downhill for the layup with a burst of speed to score a bucket. His bucket cut a lead to only a point for OKC. In the last seconds of the game, Houston stole a ball that turned a ball and there was Harden on the break, count it, and one on the punch. Houston Rockets took a lead of 6 points after the first half of a game.        


First Half: Houston Rockets 63 - Oklahoma City Thunder 57


Third Quarter


11:06 minutes to go in the quarter, What a move by Chris Paul, He ducked on James Harden drove towards the rim and got a layup. Hoston Rockets lead cut to 2 points. Oklahoma City Thunder took a 1 point lead after play of 5 minutes in the last quarter. 7:24 to go, OKC young talent Alexander banged a 3-pointer which gave 4 points lead to OKC. 4:11 remaining in the quarter, James Harden made a step back 3 which took a lead back from OKC. Houston Rockets made 10-2 run in the 3 minutes of a game when 2:22 left in the quarter. Houston Rockets took the lead of 5 points. Houston Rockets took a lead of 4 points after the 3rd quarter.  


Fourth Quarter 


Both teams exchange a lead in the 4th quarter. 6:55 to go, Schroder drilled a 3-pointer to give 3 points lead to OKC. Another finished by Dennis Schroder with a smooth move to give 5 points lead to OCK. Just under 3 minutes to go in the fourth, Jeff Green's 3-pointer gave 2 points lead to Houston Rockets. James Harden pulling his way to the bucket with dancing moves to score, Houston took 4 points lead. House tried to take a last shot of the game but he stepped out of bounds. A collision on the court and players hit the court and a ball went out of bounds. A call was overturned and it was Oklahoma City's ball. Dort set a screen on Jeff Green for Paul, Harden switched on to Chris Paul, Paul got to the bucket and passed a ball to Alexander. Alexander hit the biggest shot of the game. House had a chance to give a win to Houston by scoring both free throws but he missed a one and it's a tie at 104-104. Paul just missed one of the best reverse layups if he made it for the last shot of regular time.


OT


Without James Harden in overtime, OKC took over a game and they made 15-3 run in OT. James Harden was fouled out in OT.


Full Game: Oklahoma City Thunder 119 - Houston Rockets 107 



Houston Rockets' Scorers


James Harden scored 38 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists but it wasn't enough to give his team a win. Gordon made 18 points, House scored 15 points with 10 rebounds. Jeff Green added 22 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists coming off the bench/ 


Oklahoma City Thunder's Scorer 


Dennis Schroder scored team-high 29 points with 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals coming off the bench and he tied with his career-high points. Alexander added 23 points with one big clutch shot in a game. He grabbed a ball 7 times, made 6 dishes, and stole a ball 4 times. Chris Paul scored 26 points with 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Danilo Gallinari put a number of 20 points with 7 rebounds. 



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Los Angeles Lakers' duo LeBron James and Anthony Davis played great in this game and gave 116-108 victory to Lakers. James finished a game with 38 points, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists. Anthony Davis scored 23 points in the second half alone. He scored 29 points with 11 rebounds and 8 assists.  LeBron James and Anthony Davis both scored nearly triple-double in a game. 


Lebron James achieved another milestone in this game as he climbed on number 3 for most 3-pointers in playoff history. Damian Lillard back to play against Lakers in a Game 3. in game 2 he injured his left-hand index finger.


First Quarter 


There was no scoring in the first 1 and a half minutes of a game. 8:15 minutes to go, Damian Lillard's 3-pointer gave 7 points lead to the Portland. Portland was able to get 4 points lead after the first quarter of play in a game. 


Second Quarter


Lakers missed so many free throws in the first half of the game. 4:31 left in the quarter, Dwight Howard got offensive rebounds and a ball went to Anthony Davis who scored a bucket with a dunk. After this Lakers missed some very good opportunities to score. 3:20 to go What a block by Anthony Davis on Damian Lillard who was going for a dunk. 2:26 to go in the quarter, Gary Trent Jr. scored a bucket with a jumper and drew a foul on Anthony Davis. This play gave Portland 7 points lead in a game. 


1:29 minutes remaining LeBron James spins and makes it home to cut a lead to 3 points. On the next possession, LeBron James made both free throws which cut a lead to only one point. LeBron James had a chance to give a Lakers a lead but he missed both free throws. he missed 5 free throws in first half. Anthony Davis also missed 5 free- throws in the first half.  CJ McCollum shots from the 3-point line at the buzzer gave 4 points lead to Portland Trail Blazers.


Lakers missed 13 free throws in the first half from 13, Anthony Davis and LeBron James missed 10 free throws. 


First Half: Los Angeles Lakers 53 - Portland Trail Blazers 57



Portland Trail Blazers dynamic duo played very well in the first half, Damian Lillard scored 19 points while CJ McCollum scored 20 points. LeBron James scored 22 points in the first half. Danny Green scored 8 points. Anthony Davis not as good as he was in the second game.


Third Quarter :


LeBron James starter a quarter with a 3-pointer but Carmelo Anthony replied with a 3-pointer. 

9:25 to go LeBron James banged a 3-pointer which tied a game at 64-64. Caldwell Pope scored a 3-pointer which was assisted by Anthony Davis to give 3 points lead to Lakers. 


LeBron James made all his free throws to give 6 points lead to the Lakers. 7:22 to go in the quarter, Anthony made a 2-pointer on LeBron James. 11 points of Carmelo Anthony in the first five minutes of a game tied a game at 72-72. 6:05 to go, Calwell-Pope scored long-range shot on LeBron James dish. What a beautiful move by CJ McCollum to score a bucket. Carmelo Anthony's jumper cut a lead to only one point with 4:35 remaining in the quarter. 


3:40 to go in the quarter, What a move by Anthony Davis as he dunked on a rim with a two-handed jam. Kuzma's both free throws gave 6 points lead to the Lakers. Just under 3-minutes to go in the quarter, Caruso stole a ball, pass a ball to Caldwell who missed a 3-pointer but an offensive rebound grabbed by Anthony Davis, who scored a bucket with a two-handed jam. 2:29 to go, Caruso's 3-pointer gave 11 points lead to Lakers. Lakers outscored Portland in the third quarter with 40-29.   



Fourth Quarter


9:18 to go in the quarter, Another nice play by Caruso with Euro step and he passed a ball to Dwight who scored with a dunk. 8:32 minutes remaining in the quarter, Damian Lillard fouled by JR Smith on 3 points play, 3 free-throws for Damian Lillard who made 2 out of 3. 


8 minutes to go, Dwight Howard finished with a dunk on LeBron's alley-oop pass. Once again LeBron James made another alley-oop pass to Anthony Davis who scored with a 2 handed dunk for 7 points lead to the Lakers. 6 minutes to go, Anthony Davis finished with a jumper to give 9  points lead to Lakers. 5:08 minutes to go in the quarter, Anthony Davis was fouled by Nurkic, Davis went to the foul line but he missed both free throws. What a sloppy play by both teams when 3:27 minutes left in the quarter. 


LeBron James drove and tried to score with a layup but he missed, Anthony Davis was there to grab a rebound and put a ball into a bucket with a dunk. 1:21 minutes to go, Los Angeles Lakers made 3 block shots on 1 possession in which Danny Green made 2 blocks. 58 seconds to go, LeBron James banged a 3-pointer to give 14 points lead to the Lakers.   


Full Game: Los Angeles Lakers 116 - Portland Trail Blazers 108



Los Angeles Lakers' Scorers


LeBron James and Anthony Davis scored combined 97 points in a game with 23 rebounds and 16 assists. LeBron stole a ball 2 times and Anthony Davis blocked a shot 3 times with 2 steals. Another good game from Caldwell Pope as he scored 13 points for Lakers. Alex Caruso added 10 points with 4 rebounds and 7 assists. 


Portland Trail Blazers' scorers 


Damian Lillard came back from his injury as he had a big game. Damian Lillard scored 34 points with 7 assists and 5 rebounds, CJ McCollum gave him support with 28 points 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and a block. Melo did a great job for Blazers, He added 20 points with 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals, and a block. Nurkic made 10 points with 7 rebounds and 3 assists.  




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Now it looks like Philadelphia playing like an average team in a series against Boston Celtics. There is not even contest in this series, No competition to Boston from Philadelphia 76ers. Both teams were average from the 3-point line. Now Boston Celtics take 3-0 lead in a series and it is impossible for Philadelphia 76ers to come back in a series.  


Once again Al Horford scored only 6 points in a game which was a big concern for Philadelphia 76ers. Philadelphia missed too many shots in a game. They made 28 shots out of 85 with a shooting percentage of 29.5%. Philadelphia always has an advantage over Boston Celtics at the rim. They grabbed 57 rebounds with 20 rebounds while Celtics grabbed 45 rebounds with only 3 rebounds. Philadelphia scored 20 second-chance points to Boston's 9 points.   


Joel Embiid already scored 24 points with 11 rebounds in the game with 8:42 minutes remaining in the quarter. 3:15 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter, Grant Williams scored consecutive 5 points as Celtics got lead of 7 points. Burks scored 5 consecutive points at the end of a third-quarter and starting of the 4th quarter which cut a lead to only 2 points for Philadelphia.  


Philadelphia 76ers made 9-2 run in 2 minutes of the last quarter when 4:37 minutes to go in the game and they took a lead of 1 point. 1:26 minutes to go, A huge block by Tatum on Embiid's go-ahead bucket which turned a game around and they made 10-0 run in the last 1 and half minutes of a game.  


Boston Celtics' Scorers


This time Kemba led the Celtics in the scoring with 24 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists. Jaylen Brown scored at least 20 points in 3 consecutive games as he matches the longest streak of his NBA career. Brown scored 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists.


Jayson Tatum made 15 points with 6 rebounds, but he made some very good blocks in a game. Smart added 14 points with 8 rebounds and 3 assists. 


Kemba With a dancing move:



Philadelphia 76ers' Scorers 


Embiid put a score of 30 points with 13 rebounds on the screen. Richardson and Milton added 17 points for 76ers. Harris scored 15 points with 15 rebounds and 4 assists.

Kawhi Leonard helps Clippers to take a lead in a series with 36 points. 
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Kawhi is there for Clippers but bad news for Luka and Mavericks in a game as Luka hurt himself in the game with left ankle sprain which is not good news for Dallas Mavericks. Luka scored 18th  triple-double of the season before he left a game due to injury. Kawhi Leonard scored 100 points in his first 3 points for Clippers in the Playoff which is a record for any player to score 100 points in his first 3 games.


Luka returned to play in the fourth quarter but he went back to the locker room for checking of an injury. George had a very bad night from shooting he made only 3 shots out of 16. 


Luka achieved another milestone, He becomes the third player to score triple-double after The Great Magic Johnson and LeBron James.


Kawhi Leonard scored 18 points with 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals at the half time of a game. Paul George added 9 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals. Shamet, Morris, and Williams each scored 8 points in the first half.


Clippers took a lead of 14 points with 68- 54 scoring in the first half.


 Los Angeles Lakers took 17 points lead in a 3rd quarter with the remaining 1 and half minutes in the quarter. Porzingis buried a long-range 3-pointer to cut 17 points lead to 13 but the end of the third quarter Clippers took back their 17 points lead over Dallas. 


Approaching 2 minutes in the game, Clippers were 11 points ahead of Dallas Mavericks. Kawhi Leonard's 2 free throws to give 13 points lead to the Clippers. No comeback for Dallas in a game. It was all the Clippers game in the second half of the game.  Clippers got a win with 130-122.


Clippers' Scorers

One again Kawhi Leonard led Clippers with 36 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, and 2 steals. Paul George had a bad night on scoring but he did a little bit of everything in a game by grabbing 9 rebounds, assisting a ball 7 times with 11 points, steal a ball 2 times. 


For Clippers 7 players scored in a double-figure. Morris dropped 14 points with 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Shamet added 18 points with 3 3's made, Williams made 10 points with 4 rebounds and 5 assists. Harrel put a number of 13 points with 2 rebounds. Zubac played very well in a game as he scored 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 1 block.  



Mavericks' Scorer 


Porzingis tried to lead his team by scoring 34 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 block. Seth Curry scored 22 points, 3 assists, and 1 steal. Tim Hardaway Jr added 22 points, 2 assists, and 6 rebounds. 


Luka scored 13 points with 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Burke made 10 points in a game. Fenny Smith was there on the scoring sheet with 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists.  







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 Milwaukee Bucks were too good in this game, not like the first game. Orlando Magic was able to score only 13 points in the first half where Bucks got a lead of 12 points. In the first game, Orlando Magic has dominated Bucks but it didn't happen in this game. 


Connaughton made back to back 3-pointer on Giannis assists at the starting of the second quarter to give 16 points lead to the Bucks. Bledsoe with a nice shake, He froze his defender to score a bucket, 18 points lead to the Bucks. Bucks got a huge 23 points lead after half of the play completed in the second quarter. 


Pat Connaughton scored all his 15 points by scoring from long range. He made 5 3's from 8. He also grabbed 11 rebounds.  

Milwaukee Bucks put a limit on Orlando's 3 point shooting. Magic was able to make only 7 3-pointer out of 33 with a shooting percentage of 21.2%. Milwaukee Bucks made 15 3 pointers out of 41 with a shooting percentage of 36.6%.  Orlando missed 13 consecutive field goal in the first half.  


Vucevic once again come back in a game with scoring 16 points in the third quarter alone and help Magic cut a lead to 12 points but it wasn't enough for them to get near of Milwaukee Bucks's lead as they lost by big margin in a game.  


Antetokounmpo said," I'm not going to say there is a fear factor, being down, but you know you have to be urgent. "



Milwaukee Bucks' Scorer


Giannis dropped 28 points and tied a season high with 20 rebounds. Brook Lopez scored 20 points, Bledsoe added 13 points with 2 rebounds and 7 assists. Patt scored 15 points with 11 rebounds and 3 assists. Korver made 9 points in a game. Most surprise in the game is that Khris Middleton is not putting any number for Bucks on the offense. he scored only 2 points by making only 1 shot from 8.


Orlando Magic's Scorer 


Once again Nikola was superb as he was in game 1. He scored 32 points with 10 rebounds. Fournier and Ross added 12 points. Fultz dropped 11 points Augustin made 10 points with 5 assists.


Orlando is playing without Their star forward Aaron Gordon and Guard Michael Carter Williams. 

  

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